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Topic: North Korea fires missile over Japan. (Read 352 times)

Japanese citizens were warned to take cover as a misile fired by North Korea flew over the country, posing what;s been described as an 'unprecendented threat' Te UNSC is to hold an emergency meeting...

I reckon he's just being an arse, trying to provoke an American ally to gage Trumps' reaction. I see the UNSC just had a jolly good moan about the whole affair but stopped short of any further sanctions.

I think they are handing Trump war on a plate. His options are actually limited. He could wait until NK has a nuclear ICBM capable of reaching the US mainland - effectively a powerful bargaining chip for NK - or he can 'disable' their war machine now, keeping them in their nuclear incacapable box, and at the mercy of western sanctions. I think there is a strong possibility of war.

I get the depressing impression that all the people/bodies e.g. the UN who should deal with this increasing danger, haven't really a clue what to do.Perhaps the key is China who could seriously cripple these loonies.Also, all those high ranking NK army people can't all be nuts and must see the lunacy of any kind of war.

I guess the UN are frightened of sanctioning military action. This would be a big boys war, with potentially hundreds of thousands dying in a matter of weeks. Although NK wouldn't stand a chance, the losses would be extremely high, there is some chance of tactical nuclear weapons being used and consequently a regional environmental disaster, plus a global economic collapse on the back of it all.

China know this, and I reckon they are playing the US like a fiddle. They know the US needs Chinese support to avoid all out war. Trump, however, unless reigned in by cooler heads in Washington,will do what he pleases I suspect.